Killing intent is a force that directly attacks consciousness. Although its immediate attack power may not be particularly striking, the impact it has on the enemy's consciousness is quite exceptional.
Undoubtedly, if a person's consciousness is impacted, no matter how strong their power might be, it will inevitably affect them during combat. Essentially, anyone in such a state would find it nearly impossible to fully unleash their own strength.
Thus, despite the differences in tactics, when Zhou Tian unleashed his killing intent, he effectively made those deity-like entities unable to fully utilize their power at that time as well. Based on the circumstances at the moment, both sides restricted each other's abilities in a mutual stalemate.
And once they had each used their abilities to weaken their opponent's strength to a certain extent, they quickly launched their respective attacks.